Fence-post



(No Model.)

A. J. OGRAM.

FENCE POST.

Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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FENCE=POST.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,434, dated February 1, 1898.

Application filed June 15, 1895. Serial No. 552,979. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, ALFRED .I. OGRAM, of Literberry, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braces and Anchors for Fen ce- Posts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains to an improvement in that class of fence-post braces which are adapted to be buried in the ground and is embodied in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my single post brace and anchor.

The drawings illustrate a wire fence; ,but my invention is applicable to other forms of fences as well. The posts a and b are set deeply in the ground, and my single and donble braces and anchors A and B are also buried therein, as shown. The single brace and anchor A, Fig. 2, are used with a post a, located at the end of a fence, and the double one, B,

is used with a post I), located intermediate of the said ends.

The double brace B is practically composedof two single bracesA alined, and a detailed description of the single one, A, will therefore suffice for both.

The single brace A is constructed of a flat narrow metal plate having certain angles and adjacent or intervening plane surfaces, as shown best in Fig. 2. Thus it has a horizontal portion or foot 1, an inclined portion 2, a horizontal top portion 3, and a vertical portion or flange 4 formed at the outer end of the latter, 3. The lower horizontal part 1 serves as a foot or rest for the corner-post a, which is bolted thereto. The upper horizontal portion 3 serves as a point of attachment and support for the outer ends of the diagonal and horizontal post-braces c and cl. It will be noted, Fig. 1, that the foot 1 extends beyond the base of the post a, and such extension obviously adds to the hold and leverage of the device A in the ground. The other parts 2 3 4 of the brace oppose movement of the post a in either direction in line with the fence, the parts 2 and 4 especially aiding in supporting the post (t against the strain or pull of the Wires, which is often very great.

In short, my invention provides in one integral simple device a combined brace and anchor of the highest efficiency.

What I claim is- The combination, with the vertical post, of the angular, underground brace and anchor, whose horizontal foot, 1, is bolted to the base of said post, and having a straight inclined body portion 2, the horizontal top portion 3, and vertical flange 4, and the horizontal underground brace d, and diagonal top brace 0, both secured by the same bolt to the part 3, of the diagonal underground brace, as shown and described.

A. J. OGRAM.

Witnesses:

l E. E. MURRY,

J. S. I'IITCHENS. 

